Clara Dillingham Pierson

Born: 03/01/1868   Coldwater
Died: 1952
Parents: Captain Lucius Abell Dillingham and Jennie Lincoln Father from Vermont, mother from Massachusetts
Spouse: John W.S. Pierson
Children: Son died in infancy, adopted Harold, John Howard

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Allens and Aunt Hannah Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1927
The Plucky Allens Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1925
Outwitting the Weasels and New-Fangled Notions Drama Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1924
Living with our children; a book of little essays for mothers Non Fiction Adult New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1923
Plow Stories Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1923
The Millers at Pencroft Fiction , Michigan Children New York : E.P. Dutton and Company 1906
Three little Millers : a story of the boys and girls of Pencroft Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton and Company 1905
Among the Garden People Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1904
Tales of a Poultry Farm
- Published in London by John Murray
Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1904
The Primary Teacher in the Country Sunday School Non Fiction Adult Sunday School Times 1903
Among the Night people Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1902
Among the Meadow People
- Published in London by John Murray
Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1901
Among the Pond people
- Published in London by John Murray
Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1901
Among the Farmyard People
- Published in London by John Murray
Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1899
Among the Forest People
- Published in London by John Murray
Fiction Children New York : E.P. Dutton & Company 1898

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Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Yankton College Yankton , SD 1961

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
- The Pierson's Stanton home, built in 1904, became Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 1952
Housewife, Children's author
Moved to Stanton, Michigan when married
Superintendent of the Training Department Alma College Alma

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Other Comments:

The Pierson Family papers housed at Bentley Historical Collection, University of Michigan,cover the period between 1821 and 1996. The collection is composed primarily of family correspondence, legal papers, genealogical research, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and visual materials, which include photographs, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes, tintypes, and ink drawings. The collection also contains materials documenting Clara E. Dillingham Pierson's writing career as a children's book author.

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